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In reply to the discussion: Y'know... [View all]Gormy Cuss
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1) Feminism has and will continue to reduce sexual violence by changing attitudes and eventually laws to make it clear that such behavior is unacceptable whether the perpetrators and victims are male or female. That's wholly separate from the issue of defensive life skills for women.
However, since the latter is the core issue in that photo, why on earth would it be offensive to raise awareness among young men that they have an equal role in preventing sexual violence on campus?
2)That there are more women on campus is utterly irrelevant. See above. But since you mentioned it, when looking at victimization rates among college students the perpetrators of sexual violence are now and always have been mostly male. When the female to male ratio becomes 90:1, you may have a point.
3) It's predicated on the notion that SOME campus men don't know all of the behaviors that constitute rape and that some also don't understand that they can't blame women for the way the dress, how much they party, etc. when it comes to rape. Sad to say, not all men arrive on campus educated in these matters.
4)The issue here is sexual assault, not all violent crime victimization. That's an interesting chart but not relevant to the narrow focus of this discussion.
5)Here's a solution: teach both men and women about rape prevention strategies.